WhatsApp “Delete For Everyone” Feature Is Getting Modified

“WhatsApp has updated the Recipient limit”

What does it mean? If you delete a message for everyone, but the recipient won’t receive the revoke request within 13h, 8m, 16s (maybe because the phone was off), the message will **not** be revoked.”

WhatsApp last year launched the most sought after feature, “delete for everyone.” As the name implies, the feature enables users to revoke messages in case they were sent to a wrong contact or group.

WhatsApp is now making an important change to the feature which is aimed at users who bypassed the time limit on revoking messages.

WABetainfo, a website that regularly monitors the instant messaging platform, reports that WhatsApp’s latest beta version for Android has a modified “recipient limit.” This essentially means users cannot delete a message for everyone if the recipient does not receive the revoke request in 13 hours, 8 minutes and 16 seconds. The website says this may happen when the recipient has switched off the phone.

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WhatsApp has updated the "Recipient limit".What does it mean? If you delete a message for everyone, but the recipient won't receive the revoke request within 13h, 8m, 16s (maybe because the phone was off), the message will **not** be revoked...(1/2)

The change has been made in order to prevent some users from bypassing the feature to delete messages sent weeks and even years ago.

“You can still delete a message for everyone within 1h, 8m, 16s as long as the recipient will receive your revoke request within 13h, 8m, 16s,” it added.

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It is not clear whether the new “recipient limit” will apply if the recipient quickly switches off the phone and keeps the device off for over 14 hours or switches off the internet immediately after.

Right now, if you switch off your mobile data immediately after a message (to be revoked later) is sent, message stays on the device. It gets deleted only after you switch on your data. We have reached out to WhatsApp for more clarity on the new change.

..(2/2)This is a protection against modded users that revoked messages sent weeks, months and years ago.

You can still delete a message for everyone within 1h, 8m, 16s as long as the recipient will receive your revoke request within 13h, 8m, 16s.

To simplify what the new feature means, is that if the recipient does not receive the ‘delete message’ request within 13h, 8m, 16s — in case of network issue or if the user’s device is off — it can’t be deleted from the sender’s end.

Meanwhile, WhatsApp is also been trying to figure out a way to make its investment profitable by advertising on the platform. With restraints like end-to-end encryption, the company has so far struggled to introduce chat-based advertisement.

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There is no confirmation from WhatsApp, but if the feature is being tested in beta, the stable version of the app might receive the update soon. But now it may soon roll out ads in the ‘Status’ feature, just like Instagram’s stories. So far, WhatsApp’s ‘Status’ feature allows the user to post a series of pictures or videos that are on the platform for a limited period, but soon the ads could be squeezed in between posts.